30 34 1954 35 24 8 4 5 7 3 9 21 36 17 KEWEENAW 25 20 38 32 HOUGHTON 19 10 18 29 28 37 6 39 13 14 15 16 ONTONAGON BARAGA 11 1 2 33 26 23 22 LUCE 31 12 27 GOGEBIC MARQUETTE ALGER CHIPPEWA IRON SCHOOLCRAFT DICKINSON MACKINAC DELTA 120 97 87 69 81 107 95 49 79 75 106 51 83 109 67 56 74 57 94 64 90 70 86 98 40 59 66 85 MENOMINEE 43 41 EMMET 89 78 53 1925 103 104 71 44 CHEBOYGAN PRESQUE ISLE 105102 63 48 CHARLEVOIX 96 73 58 112 60 ANTRIM OTSEGO MONTMORENCY ALPENA 82 LEELANAU 65 45 GRAND KALKASKA CRAWFORD OSCODA ALCONA 110 BENZIE TRAVERSE MANISTEE WEXFORD MISSAUKEE ROSCOMMON OGEMAW IOSCO 55 111 100 ARENAC 42 91 84 99 MASON LAKE OSCEOLA CLAREGLADWIN 54 HURON 92 BAY 108 52 OCEANA MECOSTA ISABELLA MIDLAND NEWAYGO TUSCOLA SANILAC 101 80 MONTCALM GRATIOT SAGINAW 61 MUSKEGON 62 GENESEE LAPEER 46 47 ST. CLAIR KENT SHIAWASSEE 88 OTTAWA IONIA CLINTON 93 50 MACOMB 119 OAKLAND 114 68 ALLEGANIBARRY EATONLNGHAM IVINGSTON 115 113 116 121 72 2017 VAN BURENJKALAMAZOO CALHOUNWACKSON WASHTENAW AYNE 118 76 77 117 BERRIEN CASS ST. JOSEPH BRANCH HILLSDALE LENAWEE MONROE tannard Rock S LAKE SUPERIOR 38 On August 26, 1835, while piloting the American Fur Company remote location. Coastguardsman gave the light station the nickname vessel John Jacob Astor, Capt. Charles C. Stannard blew off course “Stranded Rock” to underscore the isolation, and it was designated during a storm and discovered a previously unrecorded reef about a “stag station,” meaning no wives or other family members could be 25 miles from the Keweenaw Peninsula. Thereafter, the reef was stationed there. known as Stannard’s Rock. In 1961, almost 80 years after the light station was put into service, a The need for a light at the reef became critical after the increase horrific explosion in the Fog Signal Building killed one coastguardsman in maritime traffic following the opening of the new State Locks in and left three others stranded on the deck for two days while the fire Sault Ste. Marie in 1855. The light was not completed, however, burned. They were eventually rescued by the Coast Guard Cutter until 1882. The light earned a reputation for loneliness due to its Woodrush. This was the same year the light was set to be automated. For more information about the Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program, visit www.michigan.gov/saveourlights Of the more than 120 lighthouses in Michigan, approximately three dozen are considered offshore lights—those constructed on isolated, uninhabited islands, or on shoals or reefs. To help residents and visitors discover these offshore lights, learn their history and understand their important role in Michigan’s maritime past, the State Historic Preservation Office secured funding from the National Park Service National Maritime Heritage Program and the Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program for a Historic Structure Report and Public Education Project. The project includes the four offshore light stations featured on this 2019 Michigan’s Historic Lighthouses Map. The Gull Rock Manitou Island Thunder Bay reports will guide preservation of these unique structures. LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE SUPERIOR 21 LAKE HURON LAKE SUPERIOR 44 Charlevoix South Pier Light Station 88 Fort Gratiot Light Station 45 Frankfort North Breakwater Light Station 89 Forty Mile Point Light Station 1 Au Sable Light Station 46 Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light Station 90 Fourteen Foot Shoal Light Station 2 Big Bay Point Light Station 47 Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light Station 91 Gravelly Shoal Light Station 3 Copper Harbor Front Range Light Station 48 Grand Traverse Light Station 92 Harbor Beach (Sand Beach) Light Station 4 Copper Harbor Light Station 49 Gray’s Reef Light Station 93 Lightship Huron 5 Copper Harbor Rear Range Light Station 50 Holland Harbor (South Pierhead) Light Station 94 Mackinac Point Light Station 6 Crisp Point Light Station 51 Lansing Shoal Light Station 95 Martin Reef Light Station 7 Eagle Harbor Light Station 52 Little Sable Point Light Station 96 Middle Island Light Station 8 Eagle Harbor Rear Range Light Station 53 Little Traverse Light Station 97 Pipe Island Light Station 9 Eagle River Light Station 54 Ludington North Pierhead Light Station 98 Poe Reef Light Station 10 Fourteen Mile Point Light Station 55 Manistee North Pierhead Light Station 99 Point Aux Barques Light Station 11 Grand Island East Channel Light Station 56 Manistique East Breakwater Light Station 100 Port Austin Reef Light Station 12 Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light Station 57 McGulpin’s Point Light Station 101 Port Sanilac Light Station 13 Grand Island North Light Station 58 Menominee North Pier Light Station 102 Presque Isle Front Range Light Station 14 Grand Marais Harbor Inner Range Light Station 59 Minneapolis Shoal Light Station 103 Presque Isle Light Station (New) 15 Grand Marais Harbor Outer Range Light Station 60 Mission Point Light Station 104 Presque Isle Light Station (Old) 16 Granite Island Light Station 61 Muskegon South Breakwater Light Station 105 Presque Isle Rear Range Light Station 17 Gull Rock Light Station 62 Muskegon South Pier Light Station 106 Round Island Light Station (Straits of Mackinac) 18 Huron Island Light Station 63 North Manitou Shoal Light Station 107 Round Island Passage Light Station 19 Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light Station 64 Peninsula Point Light Station 108 Saginaw River Rear Range Light Station 20 Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light Station 65 Point Betsie Light Station 109 Spectacle Reef Light Station 21 Manitou Island Light Station 66 Poverty Island Light Station 110 Sturgeon Point Light Station 22 Marquette Breakwater Outer Light 67 Sand Point Light Station (Escanaba) 111 Tawas Point Light Station 23 Marquette Harbor Light Station 68 Saugatuck Light Station 112 Thunder Bay Island Light Station 24 Menagerie Island (Isle Royale) Light Station 69 Seul Choix Pointe Light Station 25 Mendota Light Station 70 Skillagalee Island Light Station 26 Munising Front Range Light Station LAKE ST CLAIR 71 South Fox Island Light Station 113 Lake St. Clair Light Station 27 Munising Rear Range Light Station 72 South Haven South Pier Light Station 114 St. Clair Flats South Channel Front Range Light Station 28 Ontonagon Harbor West Pierhead Light Station 73 South Manitou Island Light Station 115 St. Clair Flats South Channel Rear Range Light Station 29 Ontonagon Light Station 74 Squaw Island Light Station 116 Windmill Point Light Station 30 Passage Island Light Station 75 St. Helena Island Light Station 31 Point Iroquois Light Station 76 St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light Station 32 Portage River Light Station RIVERS 77 St. Joseph North Pier Outer Light Station 117 Detroit River Light Station—Detroit River 33 Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light Station 78 St. Martin Island Light Station 118 Grosse Ile North Channel Front Range Light Station—Detroit River 34 Rock Harbor Light Station 79 Waugoshance Light Station 119 Peche Island Rear Range Light Station—St. Clair River 35 Rock of Ages Light Station 80 White River Light Station 120 Round Island Light Station—St. Mary’s River 36 Sand Hills Light Station 81 White Shoal Light Station 121 William Livingstone Memorial Light Station—Detroit River 37 Sand Point Light Station (Baraga vicinity) * Light Station is used throughout to refer to either a complex of 38 Stannard Rock Light Station buildings, or an individual light. 39 Whitefish Point Light Station LAKE HURON 82 Alpena Light Station 83 Bois Blanc Island Light Station LAKE MICHIGAN Historic photographs and information are taken from the Historic Structure Report for Stannard 84 Charity Island Light Station 40 Beaver Island Harbor Light Station (St. James) Rock Light Station that was completed by O|X Studio and Smay Trombley Architecture with funding from a National Maritime Heritage Program grant from the Department of the Interior, 85 Cheboygan Crib Light Station 41 Beaver Island Light Station (Beaver Head) National Park Service and a Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grant from the State 42 Big Sable Point Light Station 86 Cheboygan River Front Range Light Station Historic Preservation Office, Michigan State Housing Development Authority. 43 87 DeTour Reef Light Station Cedar River Light Station MK180511-065 All photos courtesy of Bryan unless Lijewski otherwise indicated. Cover Manitou photo: Island Superior. Lake Station, Light Office for Equal Opportunity, National Park Washington, Service, C Street, DC NW, 20240. 1849 against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or ifyou desire further information,please write to: religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, or disability. If you believe you have been discriminated origin, disability, or age in its federally assisted programs. Michigan law prohibits discrimination on the basis of as amended, the Department U.S. 1975, of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national VI of the Civil Rights Acts Section of 1964, 504 of the Rehabilitation and the Age Discrimination Act of 1973, Act of This program receives federal financial assistance for identification and protection of historic properties. 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